Nerva. Sestertius; Nerva; 96-98 AD, Rome, 97 AD, Sestertius, 25.17g. BMC-p. 25 (citing Oxford). Obv: [IMP] NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III [P P] Head laureate r. Rx: [ROMA - R]ENASCENS on l. and r., S C in exergue, Roma seated l. holding [Victory] and spear. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Freeman & Sear, MBS, 26 Sept. 2008, 76.powerful portrait; some reverse porosity in upper left, otherwise. VF